About Eddie Villanueva
Eduardo Cruz Villanueva (, born October 6, 1946), most commonly referred to as Bro. Eddie Villanueva or ECV, is an evangelist and founder, president and spiritual director of the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW). Villanueva was previously a communist, radical activist, and street parliamentarian. During the martial law regime under former President Ferdinand Marcos, he was imprisoned twice for fighting alongside the oppressed for their rights against land grabbing syndicates. Villanueva is also the founder of the Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM), which has more than forty bishops from different Christian churches nationwide as members. Villanueva was a presidential candidate in the 2004 and 2010 Philippine elections and a senatorial candidate in the 2013 midterm Philippine elections, all as the standard bearer of the Bangon Pilipinas Party. Villanueva is a radio-TV evangelist owning ZOE Broadcasting Network, a commercial television and radio broadcasting station which owns VHF Channel 11 (A2Z) and UHF Channel 33 (Light TV). He is also the owner and founder of the Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. (JILCF), a Christian school in Bocaue, Bulacan, where his wife, Adoracion Villanueva is the school president. He is currently a member of the 19th Congress of the Philippines and has been a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 18th Congress. On October 5, 1978, Villanueva founded the JILCW formerly named Jesus Is Lord Fellowship, "which started with just 15 members from his Bible studies". He founded and owns ZOE Broadcasting Network Inc. and operates Channel 11 on Filipino television. Joel Villanueva, is currently a Senator, Senate Majority Leader, and became the youngest member of the House of Representatives when he took his oath of office as a representative of the CIBAC partylist on February 6, 2002. In 1969, Villanueva graduated with a degree in commerce, majoring in economics, from the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC), since renamed the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Eddie Villanueva or ECV, is an evangelist and president-founder of the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW).
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